stoners only good cause of all the electronics where was he on the honda before moving to ducati i'll tell you no f'ing where,so dunt that tell you summat lets see him race with out the aides ,see how much time he's on his arse and that goes for pedrosa as well, get shut of all the electronic aides then we'll see who's the best

As for old fashion racing! It's been dead since the 500cc class died out. Well, there were flashes of greatness between Rossi and Giberneau. Without the bias, they made the racing bareable, even though there was onyl ever those two in it at most races. But, Stoner is a fast racer, but not a fighter, Pedrosa the same. Lorenzo can go hammer and tongue and fight but he's gotta learn to stay on. Maybe Hayden can come good this year! But honestly. I think we should look at De Angeles...He is going to be a complete package this year...

On the other hand....If I were Aspar I would look more towards running Ducati's or Yamaha's as there is more certainty over the development and direction of the bike itself.

One thing is for sure, if Martinez takes over the Kawasaki team then Hopkins will be out on his ear if he turns up drunk to an event (like he did in Czecho). It's good news, if Aspar runs the team it will search for results and push the riders to give more accurate feedback. It will also see young riders forge their way into the class with a world class management and back room staff.

It concerned Superbike riders joining the MOTOGP and how to mimic late braking and the diffence brtween 2 stroke andd 4 stroke styles. But hay, this page didn't like the for some reason.

Hi J&M, nice to see your comments. I tried to add some more comments, but this page kept blocking them.

I totaly agree with you Paul H,lets get back to good old fashion racing where its the size of your danglies and right wrist instead of all them electronic aides,then we'll see who can ride a bike with out falling off.because i remember how much stoner spent on his back and arse with out the aides,but not only that it'll bridge the gap so the satelite teams can run with the best,and that makes it even more exciting when the under dogs are running up front with the works teams

Lets hope this comes off. It's a pity another manufacturer can't be lured in - maybe BMW. Probably not in the current economic climate.

Great news to see Martinez is getting a secund chance to enter MOTOGP even if means Kawasaki have to take a back seat for 09/10 to accomodate movement of manaufactures and teams, private teams must me given their chance to join the grid. Should this come to fruition, the pressure to drop traction controls will increase. There have been much discussion on this topic, but I beleive that ultimately, the removal of rider aids will lead to a pure racing conditions and easier access for provate teams. The skill of the riders will shine through, just look at how Casey fell off so much on the Honda without traction control in 2006, yet didn't with tration control on the ducati in 07.